Baroness Amos: This Government believe that transport infrastructure is essential for development. It is an engine for economic growth in developing countries. Safe, reliable transport is also crucial if poor people are to get to markets, health clinics and schools. The Department for International Development (DfID) provided over £120 million for transportation and communication in Africa between 2001-02 and 2004-05.
	In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), DfID has provided £9 million to improve transport to and from isolated communities and help delivery of humanitarian aid. DfID is also developing a £36 million five-year road rehabilitation and maintenance programme. This will open 1,300 kilometres of principal road links, re-establishing access for the population and supporting reintegration of the country.
	In southern Sudan DfID has provided £10 million to the World Food Programme's road rehabilitation programme. This will rehabilitate key sections of the road network to create better links between regions, with northern Sudan and neighbouring countries. This will improve access to markets and services for the war-affected population.
	Transportation is also a priority for the recently established Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, a G8 Gleneagles commitment to facilitate infrastructure investment in Africa, particularly cross-border infrastructure. DfID has committed £12 million to support its work.

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Further to the provisions of the Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/316), whether they have had discussions with the countries named in the schedule concerning the possibility of extending the maximum copyright protection to all types of artistic output listed in the schedule.

Baroness Amos: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports that chronic malnutrition (or stunting) in children under five has increased from 8 per cent. in 2000 to 10 per cent. now. The children most affected are in the Gaza Strip and are between 12 and 23 months old.
	DfID continues to monitor the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, working closely with the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other United Nations agencies.